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H. H Holmes: A Serial Killer
After being raised by loving strict religious parents and suffering from a somewhat troubling child hood and a very successful college career in medicine from one of the best medical colleges in the country at the time. Herman Webster Mudgett went on to become known as Henry Howard Holmes (H.H Holmes).H.H Holmes is one of the first recorded serial killers in America. Suspected of over 200 murders all over the country but mostly focused in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair. H.H Holmes designed and built a killing house known as the murder castle where he committed almost all of his murders. Aside from murdering people Holmes had committed many other crimes such as credit fraud, insurance scams, and sold phony inventions. Not all of these

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